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2026 state record
Senior Care Costs in North Carolina
This state cut compares published North Carolina medians with the national aggregate. Every state number comes from a real, published cost record in our database. Missing cells stay missing.
North Carolina compared with national medians
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A dash means the underlying source can't support that figure for this area. We leave the cell empty rather than estimate around it.
Monthly cost math for North Carolina
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In-home agency rate and caregiver wage
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Sources and limits
No state trend is calculated. The national 2020 to 2024 comparison is not a North Carolina year-over-year change.
How to cite this page
Cite this: According to The ElderCareCosts 2026 Cost of Senior Care Index, published North Carolina senior care medians for 2025 cover 6 care types.
APA: ElderCareCosts Research. (2026). The ElderCareCosts 2026 Cost of Senior Care Index: North Carolina (2025). ElderCareCosts. Retrieved September 19, 2026, from https://www.eldercarecosts.com/cost-of-care/2026-index/north-carolina/
Chicago: ElderCareCosts Research. "The ElderCareCosts 2026 Cost of Senior Care Index: North Carolina (2025)." ElderCareCosts. Last modified August 10, 2026. Accessed September 19, 2026. https://www.eldercarecosts.com/cost-of-care/2026-index/north-carolina/.
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